Social services director and former charity chief honoured

Roger Singleton, who recently retired as chief executive of children’s charity Barnardo’s, was awarded a knighthood for services to children in the New Year’s honours list.

Glenys Jones, director of social services at Sunderland Council, received an OBE for services to social care.

CBEs went to mental health tsar Louis Appleby for services to medicine and to Gordon Lishman, director-general of Age Concern, for services to older people.

Nadra Ahmed, chair of the National Care Homes Association, was awarded an OBE.

Gillian Strachan, service manager at NCH Scotland, received an MBE.

OBEs also go to Ken Caldwell, director of international operations at Save the Children, Dr Bronwen Cohen, chief executive at Children in Scotland and Susan Daniels, chief executive at the National Deaf Children’s Society.

Muriel McClenaham of the Salvation Army, who co-ordinated voluntary sector support in response to the London bombings on 7 July, was made an OBE.

Colin Hilton, executive director of children’s services at Liverpool Council was awarded a CBE for services to education.

Civil servant Michael Lauerman, former director of the looked-after children’s taskforce at the Department for Education and Skills was made a CBE.